So last night Behringer put on their website that they'd basically be making clones of just about every cool synth that every existed, and then they took it down again saying "lolz sorry, this was due to a errorz hahah"

Mistake, or not, it hints at something happening. Text describing cloned products doesn't write itself. It has to have crept up the chain from somewhere it was being held in waiting.

Cock-up or conspiracy?...

Whilst I have been critical of Behringer's batant plagiarism of contemporary gear, with that list the products are long out of production, with no chance of the original makers picking up the reins. For this reason I see no reason for the likes of Behringer to champion re-makes - and good luck to them if they do.

At least Behringer are giving people what they want - which is more than can be said for much bigger names in the industry...

The Elf wrote:Whilst I have been critical of Behringer's batant plagiarism of contemporary gear, with that list the products are long out of production, with no chance of the original makers picking up the reins.

Hmm.. Roland SH101, TR808 & TR909 are all active products currently being sold/marketed by Roland in various forms (software, boutique hardware, Aira hardware)

Korg MS20 is being sold by Korg in various forms, both hardware and software, with them buying rights to ARP (eg Odyssey) and rumoured to have a 2600 coming as well...

Yes, things like the Wasp Deluxe or the Cat would likely be fine to do, of course...

desmond wrote:Yes, things like the Wasp Deluxe or the Cat would likely be fine to do, of course...

Really? Surely *someone* owns the intellectual property for them?

I mean even the Mellotron is owned by someone these days.

Behringer ... I mean, Music Group ... no hang on, this just in ... I mean MusicTribe ... is getting big enough to employ bigger, scarier lawyers. Isn't it still trying to get its paws on the "Oberheim" name? This latest stunt seems to be Uli's thing, from the self-proclaimed "Chief Disruptor".

Tom will from now on be referred to as "Grandpa Tom" - your favourite, kindly old relative with a twinkle in his eye and a SEM filter based synth up his sleeve. Feel free to send him a xmas card. And, if he's anything like my grandparents, a bottle of good cooking scotch...

(Dave Smith will be re-branded "Uncle Dave" in the upcoming new years honours list. Apparently, he favours good tequila)

Out of interest, did anyone get any grabs of the product pages? Do we know what products were mooted?

This Behringer Teases ARP 2600, WASP, SYNTHI Clones page on Synthtopia is still visible, containing lots of detailed info on the various models (followed by a caveat that "Behringer has updated the Musictribe site to remove info for these products")

Ta very much. Interesting that the MS20 clone is a Eurorack module. That takes Berry into interesting waters!

Of those units, I'd be interested in the 2600 and VCS3 clones. But I'd be fascinated to see which actually would sell if they released that lot. I suspect that the SH101s would shift a darned sight more units than (presumably a much more expensive) VCS3